Tiburon & Angel Island
Central Bay / Raccoon Strait · near Tiburon · SF Bay Area
Sailing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–fall
- Water temperature
- Cold (mid-50s°F) — dress warm
What is here
- Amenities
- Angel Island mooring buoys & anchorage · Ayala Cove day-use & hiking · Scenic Raccoon Strait sailing · Tiburon waterfront town
- Best for
- The classic bay day-sail to an island anchorage
- Features
- Sail to an island in the middle of the bay · Ayala Cove moorings & hiking · Scenic Raccoon Strait · Charming Tiburon home port
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Strong current in Raccoon Strait · Cold water · Ferry & shipping traffic · Wind acceleration around the island
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Sailing detail
- Styles
- day-sail · cruising
- Breeze
- moderate
- Venue
- bay
- Exposure
- 3
- Sailing
- Classic central-bay day-sail to Angel Island's anchorage (Ayala Cove) — westerly funneling through Raccoon Strait (12–22 kt), with mooring buoys and hiking ashore
- Intl tip
- The classic bay day-sail — Tiburon across to Angel Island's Ayala Cove, with mooring buoys, anchoring, and hiking to bay-wide summit views. Lively westerly (12–22 kt) funnels through Raccoon Strait. Strong current in the strait (time the tide), cold water, ferry/shipping traffic. Charming Tiburon home port. Grab a mooring and spend the day ashore. A must-do central-bay outing.
The guide
Sailing from Tiburon across to Angel Island is one of the great Bay Area day-sails — a short, scenic passage to the largest isl…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Tiburon & Angel Island — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.86, -122.43